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A white stork brings Baby Smurf to Smurf Village, one Smurf takes on the whole village in the Smurf Olympics, three Smurfs go back in time and become little Smurflings again, and more in this third volume of classic Smurf stories.

Three Smurfs get to go back in time and become little again when they enter Father Time’s big clock. They are not worried or panicky as they enjoy being Smurflings again. Back in Smurf Village, the Smurflings feel bad to see lonely Smurfette sad. She needs a friend, and they decide to get a formula from one of Gargamel’s magic books to create a friend for Smurfette. Gargamel knows of this and starts to devise an evil plan....

It seems like every Smurf has a purpose … except Smurfette. Join her and her smurfy pals on a smurftastic journey from Smurf Village to Smurfy Grove. Along the way, can she find her purpose and prove that she’s a true-blue Smurf at heart? Where there’s a Smurf, there’s a way!

"A brilliant and brilliantly different" (Kiese Laymon), wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory of finding salvation in geek culture. Stranded within an ever-shifting family’s desperate but volatile attempts to love...

It’s Halloween, and the Smurfs are excited for treats and for the costume party. But for Scaredy Smurf, Halloween is the worst day of the year! There are so many things in the dark to be afraid of. And this year, there’s a big monster on the loose. How will Scaredy get through the night?

Smurfette thinks that she doesn’t belong in Smurf Village because she’s different from the other Smurfs. When Gargamel captures her and imprisons her in Paris, she finds out just how much her Smurfy family loves her!

Baker Smurf gets help from Smiley and Grouchy to complete a cake, Handy Smurf tries everything he can think of to fly like a bird, a magical spell on Harmony’s trumpet puts all the Smurfs to sleep, and more! Perfect for young listeners and fans of all ages.

In Simply the Best: Interviews with Video Game Designers, Composers and Scofflaws, author Mat Bradley-Tschirgi interviews dozens of indie and professional designers who have worked on such classics as E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Fallout, and Leisure Suit Larry in this delightful tome.

A thoughtful look into Uwe Boll’s 11 films inspired by and based on video games, Mat Bradley-Tschirgi’s The Films of Uwe Boll, Vol. 1: The Video Game Movies (2003-2014) takes a deep dive into one of Hollywood’s most notorious directors starting from House of the Dead all the way up to In the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission. Bradley-Tschirgi’s knowing critique brings listeners a new appreciation into Boll’s many celluloid ventures where pixels and cinema collide!

Crisis in Spectrite City! Kidnapping! Spiders! Zombies! Melon Golems! Kung-Fu Chickens?!

Dave and his friends finally return to the Nether to find that everything has changed. Who are the piglins? And who is the mysterious Empress who rules them?

Press start! Two game playing orphan boys are about to have their lives and XP changed when four beings from the world of video games come to ours! But they didn't come alone. The vile villains known as Glitchers are prepared to wreak havoc in our world one arcade at a time! Can Noob, Cheat, Trophy, and Boss save us all from the glitchers while finding their way back home to the realm of console city? Press start, choose your favorite character and get ready to play with the V.G. Heroes!

Dave thought one Steve was bad enough, but now he’s about to face his worst nightmare: a whole town of Steves! Can Dave and his friends prevent Steveageddon? Find out in this unofficial novel set in the world of Minecraft.

Because he believes the Smurfs are too nice, the wizard Gargamel disguises himself and sneaks into Smurfland to make trouble.

Papa Smurf is excited to lead everyone on an unforgettable trip to see the rare, beautiful Blue Moon! Everyone is having fun on the journey—or almost everyone. Brainy just wants to get there already, and he keeps asking an age-old question: How much farther, Papa Smurf?

Are you smurfing for an adventure? Join Smurfette, Clumsy, Hefty, and Brainy as they travel through the Forbidden Forest and discover a lost village full of girl Smurfs!

Dave and his friends finally reach Bedrock City, the ancient settlement where they hope to find an end portal.

Let’s face it: the digital age has changed the way we parent. So, instead of ignoring what your children are playing or removing the games altogether, Know Thy Gamer offers an opportunity for parents to understand their children and the kinds of games they are playing. By discussing some of the most important movements in the gaming world, Drew guides parents to understanding and loving their gamers through a Christian lens.

The cunning Gargamel tells Bigmouth the giant that the most delicious food in the world is Smurf soup. So, Bigmouth goes to Smurf Village to find some Smurfs for his Smurf soup. To keep the Smurfs safe, Papa Smurf has a brilliant plan to lure Bigmouth to Gargamel’s house and make Gargamel pay for what he has done …

Nineteen-year-old Harold Chasen is obsessed with death. He fakes suicides to shock his self-obsessed mother, drives a hearse, and attends funerals of complete strangers. Seventy-nine-year-old Maude Chardin, on the other hand, adores life. She liberates trees from city sidewalks and transplants them to the forest, paints smiles on the faces of church statues, and “borrows” cars to remind their owners that life is fleeting—here today, gone tomorrow! A chance meeting between the two turns into a madcap, whirlwind romance, and Harold learns that life is worth living, and how to play the banjo.